I live in the burbs on the outskirts of Houston. When I first moved into my present home some ~25 years ago, my next door neighbors were a nice and quiet married couple. Their kids were grown and out of the house. We played games (dominoes, etc.) on occasion with them. The wife passed away and the husband moved to Florida a few years later.
Then we got new neighbors - a young couple with a young child - a few years younger than our own. They ended up getting divorced and the ex-husband moved out leaving the ex-wife with the house. Their kid came and went. The wife was nice, but was struggling with work and bills. She eventually had to move out for those reasons.
That leads to my current neighbor. Current neighbor bought the house at a price far above market rate and while we were happy for the previous neighbor getting a good price, it was a bit of a head scratcher as the market was cool at the time. We talked a bit with the new neighbor and she told us how she was going to fix the place up nice with new landscaping, back yard garden and such. That never happened though. New neighbor never actually moved in and we saw her around the house maybe once a week or two. Lot's of other people came and went though. Some were supposedly family - cousins, uncles and such. Some were contractors fixing things inside the house.
Today I left to run some errands and saw a young man on the driveway that absolutely did not fit the profile of anyone that lives in my city. He obviously wasn't the owner's family. I finish my errands, and as I return home, I see the guy still pacing around on the driveway only now there is a young woman with tattoos from head to toe and dressed in what looked like pajamas also walking the driveway with him. Very sketchy.
I get on the computer and do a search and sure enough, I find the neighbor's house listed on AirBNB. Our neighbor has a profile page indicating that she's a star level hostess of 10 years or so.
To say that I'm not thrilled would be understating things. I guess the silver lining is that I have some new justification to contest my county property tax appraisal as my neighborhood just went to shit.
Then we got new neighbors - a young couple with a young child - a few years younger than our own. They ended up getting divorced and the ex-husband moved out leaving the ex-wife with the house. Their kid came and went. The wife was nice, but was struggling with work and bills. She eventually had to move out for those reasons.
That leads to my current neighbor. Current neighbor bought the house at a price far above market rate and while we were happy for the previous neighbor getting a good price, it was a bit of a head scratcher as the market was cool at the time. We talked a bit with the new neighbor and she told us how she was going to fix the place up nice with new landscaping, back yard garden and such. That never happened though. New neighbor never actually moved in and we saw her around the house maybe once a week or two. Lot's of other people came and went though. Some were supposedly family - cousins, uncles and such. Some were contractors fixing things inside the house.
Today I left to run some errands and saw a young man on the driveway that absolutely did not fit the profile of anyone that lives in my city. He obviously wasn't the owner's family. I finish my errands, and as I return home, I see the guy still pacing around on the driveway only now there is a young woman with tattoos from head to toe and dressed in what looked like pajamas also walking the driveway with him. Very sketchy.
I get on the computer and do a search and sure enough, I find the neighbor's house listed on AirBNB. Our neighbor has a profile page indicating that she's a star level hostess of 10 years or so.
To say that I'm not thrilled would be understating things. I guess the silver lining is that I have some new justification to contest my county property tax appraisal as my neighborhood just went to shit.
